Chain especially designed for jewelry



Dec. 26, 19,22. 1,439,978. G. A'. RENAULT.

CHAIN ESPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR JEWELRY.

FILED MAY 27, 1919- H 12 Fig.1;

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CHAIN nsrncinnnz nnsrennn roe JEWELRY? Application aiea May 27, 191a. Serial n6; 300,202. i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gos'ravn An'romn RENAULT, maker, a citizen of the French Republic, residing at Paris, 37 Rue Beaumur, in Republic of France, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 1]] Chains Especially Designed for Jewelry; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such will enable others skilled in the art to which it a ppertains to make and use thesame. I

i This invention relates to chains partlcularly applicable to jewelry, and certain preferred forms 01 the invention are shown in the accompanying drawings wherein Figures 1, 2 and are outline views of certain forms of the constitutive elements of the improved chain, Figure 4 is a perspective view of one element as bent ready for assembling, Fig

ure 5 is a view of an entire unit or link composed of two assembled elements, ligiu'e 6 is a similar view of a part of a chain made of said links, Figure 7 isan outline view of a modified :torm of element using wire instead offlat metal plate, Figure (9 is a perspective view of one of these elements bent for assembling, Figure 9 is a similar view of a part of a chain made of these wire elements, Figures 10 to i i are cross sectional views of various modified forms of chain units or links, Figure 15 is a view similar to Figure 6, but showing the links provided with jewel-setting orsecun, inf: means, and Figure 16 is a similar view ot a. part of a chain supporting ornamental features.

In preparing the first form of link shown, there is prepared a small plate a, of metal or other suitable material, which is oblong in 'l'oriu with rounded ends and is reduced in width near the middle as shown at (1 This plate may be stamped or otherwise prepared, and it may have openings of any desired design shown in Figures 2, and

The elements which form the links are made from these plates by being bent sync-- metrically on the line until the form shown in Figure 4 is produced, wherein the two ends of the plate form parallel blades, Z" and 0, preferably about the same distance apart (It) as the width of the plate. p

Each box link is then made by bringing two elements of this kind into juxtaposition in the manner shownin Figure 5, with parallel edges of contact (from cl to e) soldered ure 6.

or welded together. The elements .are so placed as to leave their curved or rounded bases of reduced width projecting at each of the next link. i The curvedends are shown at f and g, and the mode of assembling the links is shown at A, A' and A in Fig As shown in Figures 7 and 8, the plates a may be replaced by wire conforming to the outlinesof such plates, and the correspondin element is shown in Figure 8, where. the curved base. is at 3 and the two parallel blades are replaced by the'parallel sections 01": wire 1, 2 and 3, 4. In Figure 9 is shown one possible arrangement in a chain of the link elements last described.

It will be seen that whether plates are used, as in Figures 1 to 6, or wires as in F igures 7 to 9,1ny chain is formed byproducing U shaped links with parallel sidesby bringing the parallel sides of one link into the spaces between the edges of the parallel; sides in another link. The word strips will be used in the claims to indicate either wires or plates as these are shown to be equivalents.

As shown in Figures 10 and 11, the cross section of a box link as made from plates may be square, as in Figure 10 or, where the widths of the plates brought together are unequal. this section will beoblong, as in Figure 11. The solder at the joints is shown at a. By bending the'plates of each element transversely, the different shapes shown in cross section in Figures 12 to 14 may be produced. As shown in Figure 15, the outer links take the form of ornamented casings,

surrounding the links which support then]. What I claim is V 1. A chain particularly applicable for pen sonal. wear composed of successive pairs of links, each pairbeing composed of two interlocking strips of metal bent to form a U-shape,with parallel sides, said pairs be" ing joined by bringing adjacent links'tcclaim 1 in which the strips take the iolrnot get-her so that the sides of one link occupy bent plates provided with means for securthe spaces between the edges of the next. ing gems or other ornamentation.

2. A. chain of the character set forth in In testimony whereof I aflix my signs.- claim 1 wherein the bent strips are formed of turein presence of two itnesses. v metal plates, thereby forming box links "be GUSTAVE ANTOINE RENAULT. tween the flexible joints. Witnesses:

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